u/mfgoose

Hi folks! So I am bilingual and want my kids to grow up the same. One Parent, One Language, so I've only ever spoken to my kids in Spanish their whole lives. I am bilingual cause my parents took me to Mexico and El Salvador for years as a kid ("no way I was ending up like my gringo cousins," said my mom).

That kind of immersion is unmatched when trying to learn a language, but a close second to that would be reading. I started reading many hours a week to my (then) 2nd grader last school year and his language comprehension skyrocketed, not just in English.

Fast-forward to this year, and my 8-year-old is starting 3rd grade at a Dual Language Immersion school. I want to read more books in Spanish to him but I've had so-so success finding quality books to read. Y'all have good suggestions?

Think:

\* Picture books (Juntos by Nuria Aparicia, Monstruo Rosa by Olga de Dios)
\* Easy Chapter books (something like the "Branches" collection of books, think Dragon Masters, Good Dog, Diary of a Pug, etc, but in S P A N I S H)
\* Decodables Books (Super Sonic Phonics series has been great for intelligibility, would be A-Ma-Zing to have something similar in Spanish)
\* Graphic Novels (Dog Man is a great series, but unfortunately the jokes don't always translate well to Spanish)

Y'all have experience here :) Thanks in advance, folks!

Hi folks! So I am bilingual and want my kids to grow up the same. One Parent, One Language, so I've only ever spoken to my kids in Spanish their whole lives. I am bilingual cause my parents took me to Mexico and El Salvador for years as a kid ("no way I was ending up like my gringo cousins," said my mom).

That kind of immersion is unmatched when trying to learn a language, but a close second to that would be reading. I started reading many hours a week to my (then) 2nd grader last school year and his language comprehension skyrocketed, not just in English.

Fast-forward to this year, and my 8-year-old is starting 3rd grade at a Dual Language Immersion school. I want to read more books in Spanish to him but I've had so-so success finding quality books to read. Y'all have good suggestions?

Think:

* Picture books (Juntos by Nuria Aparicia, Monstruo Rosa by Olga de Dios)
* Easy Chapter books (something like the "Branches" collection of books, think Dragon Masters, Good Dog, Diary of a Pug, etc, but in S P A N I S H)
* Decodables Books (Super Sonic Phonics series has been great for intelligibility, would be A-Ma-Zing to have something similar in Spanish)
* Graphic Novels (Dog Man is a great series, but unfortunately the jokes don't always translate well to Spanish)
* Una Familia Anormal by Lyna Vallejos: fun, easy to read, great illustrations

If possible, please provide examples of books in Latin American Spanish vs Spain-Spanish. I talk to my kids in a mix of Salvadoran and Mexican Spanish :) Thanks in advance, folks!

Hi folks! So I am bilingual and want my kids to grow up the same. One Parent, One Language, so I've only ever spoken to my kids in Spanish their whole lives. I am bilingual cause my parents took me to Mexico and El Salvador for years as a kid ("no way I was ending up like my gringo cousins," said my mom).

That kind of immersion is unmatched when trying to learn a language, but a close second to that would be reading. I started reading many hours a week to my (then) 2nd grader last school year and his language comprehension skyrocketed, not just in English.

Fast-forward to this year, and my 8-year-old is starting 3rd grade at a Dual Language Immersion school. I want to read more books in Spanish to him but I've had so-so success finding quality books to read. Y'all have good suggestions?

Think:

* Picture books (Juntos by Nuria Aparicia, Monstruo Rosa by Olga de Dios)
* Easy Chapter books (something like the "Branches" collection of books, think Dragon Masters, Good Dog, Diary of a Pug, etc, but in S P A N I S H)
* Decodables Books (Super Sonic Phonics series has been great for intelligibility, would be A-Ma-Zing to have something similar in Spanish)
* Graphic Novels (Dog Man is a great series, but unfortunately the jokes don't always translate well to Spanish)

Y'all have experience here :) Thanks in advance, folks!

I’m not like broke broke but. There’s five in my family so we’re trying to spend like $20ish bucks per person (not including ticket). How would I do that?